News Notes: Delayed Harassment Claim Thrown Out

In one of the first sexual harassment decisions in California since the U.S. Supreme Court issued new guidelines this summer (see CEA August 1998), an employee who waited almost two years before complaining about being harassed has had her case dismissed. The federal court found the employer had exercised reasonable care to prevent and remedy harassment because it had a well-publicized complaint procedure and responded promptly and appropriately when it finally received the worker’s complaint.